Overview
- State authorities say the boys were identified through ATS cyber surveillance after inciteful social‑media posts drew police attention.
- The juveniles have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act following what officials call online direction from a Pakistan-based ISIS module.
- Investigators report that fake and pseudonymous Instagram accounts were used to radicalize the teens and to disseminate extremist content.
- ATS statements indicate evidence that teenagers were being encouraged to form a local ISIS cell in Chhattisgarh.
- Home Minister Vijay Sharma called it the first such case in the state and said the probe is expanding to trace additional links and strengthen the ATS team.